Speech [Great changes of the nation in the Islamic movement]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Among the rituals of worship is that one should not accept any power except the power of the truth; and not to sing the praises of anyone except the truth and those who are the saints of the truth. We are the slaves [of God] who have nothing and are nothing; and whatever is there is divine power.

The miracles that occurred in this movement were all by the grace of God, the Blessed and Exalted; and man is too insignificant to be able to perform these miracles. The spiritual transformations that have occurred in this short period in our nation; the transformations of the heart, the transformations of the soul; the transformations of willpower- no one could have brought about these transformations. That which has splendor is this spiritual transformation that has been created in our nation and which is superior to this progress and victory that our nation has achieved. It was a nation that was indifferent to its own destiny; each person was busy doing something and that which was unimportant was the social issues of the country. In less than two years a transformation took place such that all the strata of the nation have formed political ideas. Gatherings that were held on useless issues are now being channeled in affairs that shape the destiny. Our sisters who were preoccupied with other issues now think shoulder-to-shoulder with the brothers and ahead of them on the destiny of the nation and the destiny of their homeland. They present proposals; they think; they criticize. This is a transformation that God, the Blessed and Exalted- Who is the transformer of the hearts- has brought about.

Yet another important transformation was the transformation that extricated our nation from weakness to strength. I have repeatedly said this that a policeman in the Grand Bazaar of Iran- which is Tehran- would come and order to put banners; nobody would dare to even think of challenging him. The same nation with the same weakness poured onto the streets within one year and some months and declared that it did not want the Shah and condemned the superpowers. These people who were afraid of a policeman were unafraid of tanks and machine-gun and rifles; women whose condition previously was pathetic and the regime had kept them busy with other issues were transformed into persons that resisted the regime and participated shoulder-to-shoulder, or rather, at the forefront of this movement- and these transformations were miraculous transformations.

On the other hand, a new transformation was brought about: today a group of young people from Europe- women and men- came to me and told me that they had arrived in order to go to the villages and serve the people. Young people who previously would be thinking of other issues are today thinking of such issues. They come, they come from Europe, they come from abroad; their women and men come in order to go to the villages and help the rural people. In the same manner, from within the country, from the universities, doctors, engineers, women, all of them are going to these villages to help. This feeling of cooperation is a feeling- is a transformation- that is miraculous; and what is present has been done by God, the Blessed and Exalted. Regard everything to be from God; we are weak bondmen who are nothing; whatever is there is from Him; and whatever we have is from Him; and our victory was attained by means of His hands; otherwise we had nothing in our hands and yet triumphed over everything solely by the will of God.

This will of the Exalted Truth was because your congregation was an Islamic congregation:" The hand of God is with the congregation". «1» The gathering was an Islamic gathering and the uprising was a humane-Islamic uprising and God presented you with the gift of freedom because you rose up in revolt for His cause. Safeguard this uprising that was for His cause. As long as you work for Him; as long as your congregation is for Him, you are victorious and I hope that these congregations of yours will be safeguarded and be for the sake of God until the end. May God grant all of you happiness; may God liberate and free your country and never take away your freedom from you.

May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.